The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1887-05-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
[From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, D. G., April 9, 1887


washington is dull, terribly dull just now
all the newspaper correspondents tii'nk' az ~
ond Term gossip has about dleu ou', anu t"o
situations to which It gave rlSe
have been worked Tor All theS were W. ~, ~
Snripp is here with such accessories as sun
,ai,,des. buttonhOio bouquets, strawberry yen,
dors. street harnists aud the woman Wieh Cne
hand organ and the baby, but society Is oolit |
naratiyely quiet. Weddings arestlll IN vogue;
Int the CAV world was pretty well eXhausteu
Svitl, the winters rout and does not revert 10
its occupation with its ante-Lenten zest' nlt1
AnriPs torpor in Washington VIII re more thtn
for by nc iyity ~ May: VERY
body Is talking about the Nattonai bfila, "ne
l3,renarations are being carried tprsafd as
etisllE nsppsssib!e. Gem tSSr wno mas o ~ ~.
annoinfed c5iienSRds6e a i
] appearance commandingand the embodiment
I of sOltliery qualities. He wears side whiskeis
( and eyeglasses and is altogether very tine
| looking officer. He lives with his family in an
old fashioned brick house in Georgetown, and
is On the retired list OF the army. for which lie
| remarked that he was glad, because he Wuud
| have leisure to attend to his new duties. while
il he we're in active service he cou not have
accepted the position, But the Drill is not the
only event billed t@r May. Society always
floeks tn the Jockey Club races, aud they will
come off next week, Then Forepau Shs circus
is coming, Patti is coming, the NatIOuai Assne!-
alton Of Hotrl-hecpeIs is coming, titt9e are to
be reunions OF one kind and another and the
n0Nelilng Oh tue NTdlIletu statue am the meet
} ing of the Army Of the Cumberland will also
take place early in the month OF i;aWers Ii
looked last Week. before President Cicveland'S
views aud wishes concerning a S cNnd term
, had been reported, MS ii nothing on earth
could prevent his denomination. Now that the
manifestation of alleged eoyness aud ind fer
cnce concerning that possibility is alleged of
, him, it looks g. If his rGnOmination could not
be prevented. Above all things else the human
heart desires the inaccessible, and If Mr.. Cleye-
4 IL
not wish to be President for q second term,
there would be IL general clamOr for him, COM
2 ing even from those who are now his political
enemies.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has
been wrestling with the long and short haul
across the continent. All the transcontinental
! railways have applied for the suspension of the
t shOrt-haul clause, land have put forth as good
- il not better reasons why it should be done
than those that were Civ and proved sufti
/ cient in the case of the southern railways. II
| looks as if the Commission will have to servt
all a.ike,aithough it is court authorized t.
| deci.ta Different ways for each railroad. Il
[ eBi md in one case and refuse to do so il
IS s.a9, similar one. While eur law-nakels
are away, conveniehees and improvements al
J the Capitol which they voted money for ar,
gradually being made. Two new elevators
are to be put in place--one at the Senate enc
) enc at the House end Of the building. There
: will then be four elevators in the Capitol
= add greatly to- the convenience of visitors ~
|. well as legislators. The contract for con
structing the two new ones was yesterda,
awarded to IL Chicago Company, ut $6,3l5
s The amount appropriated by Congress for tn
:, whole work was $27 ,00d. The lautlscap
: architect of the National Capital recent,
s made the grave mistake of setting out eyer
a green trees ON the new marble terrace arount
: the north and west fronts of the Capito
L building, The Dnme has long been crit; ciset
+ as looking too large, OF cut of proportion t.
fthe rest Of the structure, and the terrace wa
l. planned aud huilt Tor the purpose of inereu>
ling the apparent height OF the building. o
O course these trees bleak the architectural con
; tinuity and destroy absurdly the very llusio
i of height which the terrace is Intended t
e create, Instead of seeming the base of th
Capitol facade the terrace now looks like
= wall around the Capitol, with trees pante
t on the lawn inside. The trees can he see
!, from distance over the parapet of the tel
" race and the effect is hat of an enclose
u garden, from every standpoint. 1t is is ais
e argued by art critics that the vertical lines
i the trees they are Irish yewsl are mcongru0u
u wJoh the horizontal line in the classical arch
L tsct has decided 10 remove them.